Qualitative Research Contracts in the UK excluding London

Qualitative Research
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Qualitative Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Qualitative Research over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 368 405
Rank change year-on-year +32 +37 +26
Contract jobs citing Qualitative Research 6 23 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.047% 0.11% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.052% 0.13% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 18 33
10th Percentile £332 £293 £400
25th Percentile £379 £325 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.68% -13.64% +2.09%
75th Percentile £442 £497 £588
90th Percentile £477 £543 £600
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £525
% change year-on-year - -9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £12.75 -
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £12.75 -
% change year-on-year +190.20% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Qualitative Research falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,541 17,047 20,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.66% 84.14% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,211 10,194 14,065
10th Percentile £231 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.73%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 817 2,072 1,252
10th Percentile £14.09 £12.34 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.25 £15.29 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%
75th Percentile £62.24 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.05 £37.00
% change year-on-year -23.71% -2.58% +44.08%

Qualitative Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Qualitative Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Qualitative Research in the UK excluding London

Qualitative Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Qualitative Research in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Qualitative Research in the UK excluding London

Qualitative Research
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Qualitative Research in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Qualitative Research in the UK excluding London

Qualitative Research
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Qualitative Research in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Qualitative Research in the UK excluding London

Qualitative Research
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Qualitative Research within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Scotland +1 2 £501 +5.37% 9
South West - 2 £300 - 19
North of England +6 1 £415 +18.57% 46
North West +1 1 £415 +18.57% 23
Midlands - 1 £405 - 32
West Midlands - 1 £405 - 18
Qualitative Research
UK

Qualitative Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) User Researcher
2 1 (16.67%) Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Research Manager
2 1 (16.67%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) IVR
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Quantitative Research
2 4 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (66.67%) Usability Testing
2 4 (66.67%) User Research
3 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (50.00%) Inclusive Design
4 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (33.33%) Service Design
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (16.67%) Agile
5 1 (16.67%) Contextual Inquiry
5 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (16.67%) Ethnographic Research
5 1 (16.67%) Ethnography
5 1 (16.67%) Focus Group
5 1 (16.67%) Market Research
5 1 (16.67%) Scrum
5 1 (16.67%) User Experience
5 1 (16.67%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) IBM